government, spending cuts that could imperil thousands of pentagon jobs and a possible government shutdown. the only way to prevent all of this is cooperation between republicans in congress and the white house. but john boehner will likely find it even harder to compromise with president obama again. there's only so many times you can defy the majority of your own party. for now, boehner's position as speaker is secure, in part because nobody has stepped forward to challenge him. it may be at this point that nobody else really wants that job. >> i'll bet. and, jon, you mentioned, getting at the end of february. the speaker under treasumendous pressure. but he said he's not going to negotiate with the speaker. he wants the debt limit extended. this is a huge clash. >> reporter: this is a collision course, george. i've never seen a situation where both sides are adamant they will not compromise. house republicans say there is no way they will raise that debt limit without getting cuts in exchange. and as you said, the president said they won't even have meetings about this. no negotiations,